The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-05

in days Of prosperity.
SECRETARY KEELING, OF the Mer-
chants Exchange, very thoughtfully
sent an invitation 10 each member OF
the "Harper party" to attend the an
niversary Of that body, which was so
brilliant a success. So far the only
response received was the following:
December 81 1886.
Ny Dear Mr.. Keeling:
Your kind invitation for tonight
was duly received and thank you for
it Pray present my kindest regards to
all Memphis friends, who may still
bear tee "Hsrper party" in mind, and
believe me to be yours most truly,
KIRK MUNRoE.
The Knoxville Tribune observes
that marriage puts out the brightest
tocial lights. The bellies and the beaux
Of a season, or seasons, the fascinat-
ing and irresistible marry and sink
forever into hopeless social obscuIity.
Maturity and experience are put out
OF society, and only youth and mex
perience remain. We do not expect a
serious denial OF this assertion. We
do not anticipate dissent from the
opinion that this is wrong. Society Is
properly constituted only when tae
vivacity and the frivolo us tendencies
of youth are tempered and restrained
within proper bounds by the experi-
ence and prudence OF nature of men
and women" We ara getting over all
that in Memphis. The married peo-
pie now lead in social events and the
young people rather like it.
How MANY people, writes Lady
William Lennox in the Queen, seem to
make notoriety's crown the aim and
object Of their best endesvorsi To
be the observed of all observers, the
the cynosurs OF all eyes, that is the
thing. Never mind what for; that is
quite secondary consideration. The
first thing is to be noticed-to stand
out in relief, as it were, from the dead
wall OF ordinary human beings, and
not to be left like the violet, "to blush
unseen;" not that there is much like
lihood OF blushing, seen or unseen,
among the notoriety hunters, for one
Of the most potent weapons they pos
SECS is an assurance proportioned very
often in an inverse ratio to their mer-
its. They ara persons whom nothing
can daunt, and who, tine more they
are snubbed, only spring up with
greater vigor like gutta percha figures,
which resumes their shape however
much they may be crushed.
Miss EvALINA DEBow, the brilliant
and digniaed beauty who has, with
others, been cteatiog such a social
sensation here, is a daughter of the
late distinguished editor of DeBow'I
Review, the only periodical that ever
had a marked and lasting success in
the South. We remember an article
| in the Review from his pen, that mol
only produced great sensation in the
United States, but even excited the
attention OF the best statesmen of En-
rope; go much so, that it became the
occasion Of q deb ate in the French
Chambers OF Deputies, q circumstance
unparalleled in the history of &c
youthful en- author. Mr.. DeBow, al
ways looking to the interest OF tht
South, was conspicuous in the South
ern Commercial Convention, which
assembled at Memphis in 1916, under
the presidency OF John @. Calhoun
and he was afterward president of tn,
Knoxville convention in 1857. Will
any other man, his Review, 80 we'll anC
ably conducted, would have absorbed
all his time, but Mr.. DeBow had al
enthusiastic passion for labor, snC
was always craving some additions
tack. And 80 arduous were his labors
80 prominent a position had he occu
pied before the public, that the i'm
preston was that he was a man wei
advanced in life. The record dates o
his birth and death tell the story OF {
short, yet most brilliant and usefu
life. Judge Gaysrre said, "If DeBoy
had been Atlas, he would not hav
been contented with one world on hi
shoulders, he would have asked 10
another-a world on each shoulder.
1t is something to be esteemed in lif
and remembered when dead. MI
DeBow attained an elevation an,
reached hight worthy Of the immor
tality OF genius.